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By Mike Bibb

Upon entering New Mexico, the roadside signs proudly announce, "Welcome to the Land of Enchantment."

Apparently, there's more meaning in the phrase than most people suspect.

Especially, if the foreign traveler happens to be associated with one of the world's most violent gangs, Venezuela's Tren de Aragua. Even more enchanting if a former cop and now judge invites the gangster into his home, has a few beers, passes around a military style semi-auto rifle, flashes gang signs and poses for selfies.

(Tren de Aragua translates into "Aragua Train." Aragua is a state in Venezuela.)

By Mike Bibb

"This is one of the biggest scandals of my adult life. Now we know that Biden's inner circle deliberately misled the American people in an election year about the incumbent president's ability to serve a second term.

We also know that journalists were far too passive, at best, in reporting revelations that Americans needed to know before the election." — Nicole Russell, USA Today, April 6, 2025
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When people are questioned if they thought Donald Trump was a Nazi and shouldn't be reelected, they might reply "Of course, I hear it every day on the evening news."

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"During that year, there was a 1% additional tax on the taxable income over $20,000.00 and not exceeding $50,000.00; 2% additional tax on the taxable income over $50,000.00 and not exceeding $75,000.00; 3% additional tax on the taxable income over $75,000.00 and not exceeding $100,000.00; 4% additional tax on the taxable income over $100,000.00 and not exceeding $250,000.00; 5% additional tax on the taxable income over $250,000.00 and not exceeding $500,000.00; and 6% additional tax on the taxable income over $500,000.00.

To put these numbers into perspective, the U S BLS indicated that $50,000.00 in March of 1913 would equate to $1,627,969.39 in February of 2025; $500,000.00 in March of 1913 would equate to $16,279,693.88 in February of 2025." — "Tax Day April 15, 2025," Richard McDonough, The Beat, April 15, 2025
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Now that the frustration and confusion of this year's April 15 Tax Day has passed, most people can semi-relax, content they've struggled through another spring ritual of recording wage statements, expenses, deductions and a myriad of other taxable requirements in determining additional payments owed or refunds they may be granted by the overlords at the IRS.

By Mike Bibb

The new Fort Bayard flagpole — in recognition of the Spanish-American War in 1898 (The Beat, April 13, 2025) — reminded me of a picture I took recently.

Only, regarding a slightly different topic.

When traveling the backroads between Arizona and New Mexico, I occasionally pass through the ranching area of Mule Creek, a micro-dot sized community on New Mexico State Route 78, about 50 miles northwest of Silver City.

The downtown area consists of a post office and not much else. It is also the junction of a graded road to the Silver City FAA Radar Site, an active installation located on Brushy Mountain, about ten miles east of the post office.

62 Years Later, It's Still "Who Shot JFK?"
By Mike Bibb

On Friday, November 22, 1963, I was a junior in high school, getting ready to board a school bus for an out-of-town football game in a distant Arizona community.

Around noon that day, the school's public address system announced President John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas as he rode in a motorcade. Details were sketchy.

A couple of hours later, another announcement said the 35th President had died.

A local decision had to be made: Was the football game still on or cancelled?

By Mike Bibb

Finally, it looks like the folks at the Internal Revenue Service will be shown a little justice of their own.

With April 15 quickly approaching, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced the appointment of two former IRS agents to investigate and recommend changes to the Service.

These two agents were also involved in revealing the cover-up, discrepancies and favoritism shown Hunter Biden in his tax scandal.

With the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) exposing other department's waste, fraud and abuse, it can now add the IRS' well recognized intimidation, fear tactics and sometimes prosecution of individuals it has targeted.

By Mike Bibb

Last week Joe and Jill Biden informed us they would like to return to the public square to help "rebuild the Democrat Party."

I turned up the TV's volume to make sure I was hearing what I thought I was hearing.

Actually, I scanned several news channels to be certain Joe and Jill made the unusual comment, or if it was just another commercial advertising Prevagen, the brain boosting formula, using the two as actual customers — not paid actors.

By Mike Bibb

As A Defendant, Can I Require the Plaintiff to File in Federal Court? - OCM Law

Since Democrats were not successful in winning the Presidency last November, it appears they have resorted to woke judicial activism in order to derail some of President Trump's Executive Orders and Congressionally approved legislation.

Not really anything new. Dems have been purposely trying to bankrupt, impeach, convict and jail Trump for a multitude of alleged offenses for the past ten years. He's even survived two assassination attempts.

The press has been suspiciously quiet about the topic.